Radiator hanger



April 19, 1932. F. w. HVOSLEF I 1,854,698

RADIATOR HANGER Filed Nov. 1, 1930 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 19, 1932 PATENT OFFICE FREDRIK W. HVOSLE'E', OF KOHLER, WISCONSIN,

ASSIGNOR TO KOHLER COMPANY, OF

KOHLER, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN RADIATOR HANGER Application filed November 1, 1930. Serial No. 492,646.

My invention relates to radiator hangers of a typeadapted to suspend a radiator from a wall or other vertical surface. An object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive radiator hanger which is capable of adjustment both laterally and vertlcally, either before or after the radiator is hung thereon. Another object of my invention is to provide a radiator hanger which will be entirely concealed from view by the radiator which is hung thereon.

Another object of my invention is to pro-- vide a radiator hanger which has no unsightly bolts, nuts or brackets visible from the front of the radiator, and which will allow the removal of the radiator from the hanger without the loosening of any bolts or screws or connections.

Another object of my invention is. to provide a radiator hanger which will suspend the radiator from a point near its top and above its center of gravity, thus transmitting the greater part of the weight and leverage of the radiator to the wall in a compressional thrust rather than a tensiona-l strain.

Another object of my invention is to provide an adjustable spacer whereby the spacing of the radiator from the wall may be readily varied.

I attain these andother objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a view of the hanger with a radiator positioned thereon asit appears looking longitudinally of the radiator. Fig. 2 is a view showing the hanger with aradiator positioned thereon as it appears from the front, facing the wall. Fig. 3 is a View showing the method of attachment of the spacing mechanism. Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the wall plate, bracket and cross bar of the hanger. Fig. 5 is a detailed side view of the round washer of the spacing mechanism. Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In these drawings the numeral 1 indicates a wall or other vertical surface to which the wall plate 2 is attached by means of the lag screw 3. In practice the lag screw may sometimes be replaced by a bolt and nut as equivalent. means. V

The wall plate is furnished with a prong 4 which, when driven into the wall, secures the wall plate a ainst twisting or turning on the screw 3. I small screw 5 serves the same purpose as the prong 4. In practice either may be omitted as they are equivalent means. The top of the wall plate 2 is slotted at 6 to receive the bolt 7 which rests on the washer 8. The bolt 7 with its attached mechanism may be'meved lengthwise of the slot, thus providing a lateral adjustment sufiicient not only to allow fitting of the bracket to the radiator, but to allow considerable lateral adjustment of the radiator as well.

Slidably mounted on said bolt and abutting the wall plate 2 is a projecting bracket 9 terminating in a lip 10 and having a lug ll projecting therefrom a short distance between said lip and the wall plate.

The nut 12 holds the bracket in place and also provides a vertical adjustment of the hanger. The cross bar 13 rests upon the projecting bracket 9 transversely thereof between the lip 10 and the lug 11, but is not attached .thereto. The cross bar 13 is adapted to be positioned between two of the sections 14 of the radiator 15, and to abut against the header of the radiator as best shown in Fig. 2. The cross bar provides an additional lateral adjustment as it may be moved laterally on the projecting bracket.

The radiator is adjustably spaced from the wall near its lower extremity by the following mechanism, as best shown in Fig.3. A wall abutting member 16 abuts the wall 1. Threaded therein is a screw 17, and mounted adjacent the head 18 of'said screw is a rectangular oblong washer 19 of such size that when turned with its longest axis vertically of the radiator sections it will pass between them, but when. turned with its longest axis transversely of the radiator sections it will not pass between them, but will abut against the bead 22 of the radiator sections.

Inside of the washer 19 is a washer 2O having a groove 21 on two sides thereof, said groove'being of proper size to receive the bead 22 of the radiator sections therein when the washers 19 and 20 are drawn together by means of nut 23. The spacing of the lower part of the radiator from. the wall can easily be varied by turning the wall abutting member 16, thereby forcing the radiator in or out as may be desired, by the action of the threads of the screw 17.

In hanging the radiator, usually two or more of these hangers are used. The wall plates 2 with their attached mechanism are attached to the wall in the desired position. The cross bars 13 are then tied below the radiator header with a cord. The spacing mechanism is attached to the lower part of the radiator. The radiator With the attached spacing mechanism and the cross bars is then lifted upon the brackets 9 and placed so that the cross bars rest between the lip 10 and the hi 11 of the projecting brackets 9. The cords holding the cross bars 13 are then removed as the weight of the radiator holds the cross bars in place on the projecting brackets.

The radiator is then adjusted to fit the supply pipes, which are of the ordinary type and not shown, the vertical adjustment being secured by turning the bolt 7 so as to raise or lower the nut 12 and the bracket supported thereon. The lateral adjustment is secured by moving the bolt 7, with its attached mechanism, laterally in the slot 6 and, to some extent, by the positioning of the cross bar 13.

This adjustment of the hanger not only provides the necessary adjustment to make the bracket fit the radiator, but is suificient to render the operation of fitting the radiator I ith supply pipes much easier, as the pipes need not be fitted so accurately as when the radiator hanger is unadjustable or is adjustable only within the narrow limits necessary to cause the hanger to fit the radiator. My hanger allows of adjustment sufiicient to take care of considerable discrepancies in the fitting of the supply pipes.

The correct spacing of the lower part of the radiator from the wall is secured by adjusting the spacing mechanism as above described. The spacer is adjusted so that a great part of the weight of the radiator is taken by it in the form of a compressional thrust.

In case it is desired to remove the radiator, it need only be lifted off the hanger after the supply pipes have been disconnected.

This radiator hanger is completely concealed by the radiator and does not have any unsightly bolts, nuts or brackets projecting to the front of the radiator.

The greater proportion of the weight of the radiator is suspended from near the top thereof, and above the center of gravity, which causes most of the leverage of the radiator to be transmitted as a thrust upon the spacing mechanism. This is a considerable advantage over the types old in the art in which the supporting bracket is attached to the radiator at or near the bottom thereof and, the larger portion of the radiator proj ects above the bracket, placing the center of gravity considerably above the bracket and creating a great outward tensional strain and leverage thereon, causing the supporting screw to loosen or pull away from the wall more readily.

An important feature is that the point of suspension or pivotal point is not only above the center of gravity ofthe radiator but is at a point interior of the radiator and near the vertical axis of the radiator. This is a considerable advantage over constructions in the prior art where the bracket is attached to the radiator at a point on or near its exterior surface, since the radiator is more nearly balanced, and the greater proportion of its weight borne as a compressional thrust rather than an outward pulling strain increased by the leverage of large overhanging parts of the radiator.v

While I have shown this hanger in connection with a radiator of a type in which the tubes or fiues are positioned vertically and my hanger is particularly adaptable to that type of radiator, my hanger may also, with but slight modification which will suggest itself to an ordinary mechanic skilled in the art, be used to support radiators having horizontal or lateral tubes.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A spacer for a radiator having beaded section members, said spacer comprising a wall abutting member, a rod screw threaded therein and adjustable inwardly and outwardly by means of said screw threads, a head on said rod, a rectangular shaped washer mounted on said rod between the head and the wall abutting member, said washer being of such size as to pass between sections of the radiator when turned with its longest axis parallel to such sections, but to abut the beads of the sections when turned with its longest axis transversely of such sections, a second washer mounted on the rod between the aforesaid washer and the wall abutting member, said second washer being grooved on two sides thereof to receive the beads of the radiator sections, and a nut screw threaded on the rod between the second washer and the wall abutting member and adapted, when moved toward the head of the aforesaid rod, to force the aforesaid washers together and against the head of the rod and to clamp the beads of the radiator between them.

2. A radiator spacer comprising a wall abutting member, a rod screw threaded therein and adjustable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the vertical axis of the radiator by means of said screw threads, a pair of washers on said rod, said washers being adapted to overlie opposite sides of the beads of adjacent sections of the radiator, and means on said rod adapted to compress said washers together, whereby to clamp the beads of a radiator between them. 3. A radiator spacer comprising a wall abutting member, a rod screw threaded therein, a head on the opposite end of said rod, a rectangular washer mounted on said rod adj acent said head, a grooved washer mounted on said rod intermediate said rectangular washer and said wall abutting member, and a nut mounted on said rod intermediate said grooved washer and said Wall abutting member.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 29th day of October, 1930. V

FREDRIK W. HVOSLEF. 

